I see no opposition in Lagos,

Ahead of the March 11 gubernatorial election in Lagos State, Mr Gboyega Akosile, the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, stated on Thursday that there is no opposition in the state.

Akosile made this statement while speaking on TVC News Breakfast’s live program on “2023 General Elections, Focus on Lagos State Politics” describing those fighting against Governor Sanwo-Olu, the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in next month’s gubernatorial poll, as “comedians, jesters and guys who just want people to notice them.”

According to him, Governor Sanwo-Olu’s image has reached a stage where international bodies struggle to get him for talks, which is why the governor cannot “debate on the same platform with people who don’t care about the lives of Lagosians”.

Akosile, a guest on the TVC News Breakfast program anchored by Mike Okwoche and Veronica Dan-Ikpoyi, also took a swipe at a candidate for governor for allegedly unleashing terror on the citizens of Lagos State.

“I don’t see any opposition in Lagos. Unfortunately I only see some jesters. I see some comedians. I see some guys who just want people to notice them.

“Someone asked me in a WhatsApp group why the governor wasn’t going to debate. I said ‘what debate? Arguing with whom?’

“Apart from the fact that the state government decided against that (the debate) because some guys who jumped from APC to PDP feel that the best way to get in the media is to unleash terror on the citizens of Lagos State . That’s not the kind of character we want to sit with. That’s not the kind of person we want to argue with.

“Governor Sanwo-Olu’s image has reached a stage where international bodies are struggling to get him for talks. So why will he debate on the same stage with people who don’t care about the lives of Lagosians?

“I saw a video of people carrying guns in broad daylight. We say no. This is not the kind of politics we want to play. So there is no opposition,” he said.

“I know there is another young man who speaks very good English. He has a gift of eloquence, but maybe one can start with a local government. Give him a supervisor,” he added.

Akosile, who has rolled out some of the Sanwo-Olu-led government’s landmark achievements and iconic projects based on the six pillars of the THEMES development agenda for Greater Lagos, said the governor deserved a second term after delivering on his campaign promises to residents of Lagos and with further certainty to do more if re-elected.

He said one of Sanwo-Olu’s rare traits is his penchant for keeping promises, recalling that before he took office, the governor had promised to continue with projects he met on the ground “and that’s exactly what he has done.”

“He told us that his government would continue with projects he met on the ground and that is exactly what he has done,” Akosile said.